Disclaimer: Still don't own Detective Conan or Mathew. But I still do own Kari and Conan Kudo.
"Hello?" Shinichi heard a sleepy voice on the other line. Oh, right. Time differences. He had forgotten about that. "Hey, Mathew, it's Kudo and Ran. Got a moment?"
Back in America, Mathew looked at his clock. 3:30 am. "..."
"Mathew?"
"Yeah, I'm awake anyways. Might as well hear this out." He rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and sat up. As Shinichi explained the story on one side of the phone call, Mathew's eyes went up. He got a piece of paper and a pen by his bedside and jotted down some notes. "Are you kidding me, Kudo," he asked when Shinichi finished.
"You don't know how much I wish I was," Shinichi replied.
".. Alright, I'll be over on the next plane trip-"
"Okay, and thanks a million. I'll send you the e-ticket after I get it," Shinchi said. Before Mathew could argue, he hung up.
Shinichi looked at Ran. She looked concerned. "He's coming," Shinichi said. "Let's go home for awhile. We need to get the e-ticket for Mathew and I need to get in contact with Hattori." Ran nodded. "22:30... It's only been 30 minutes? It feels like 3 hours already," Shinichi commented. Ran nodded and followed him home.
Upon arrival, Shinichi promptly got the e-ticket, emailed it to Mathew and grabbed a list of old contacts. He dialed Heiji's number. Heiji picked up on the third ring with a "What do you want?"
Shinichi blinked and then responded with, "Heiji, it's Kudo."
"Wha--? Kudo? What.. Why... ... Huh? Kudo, I finally got to sleep and here you go, callin' me!"
"I'm sorry, but it's an emergency," Shinichi said, trying not to sound too urgent.
"Oh, so it's a case," Heiji said with interest.
".. Kind of. You know my kids?"
"Yeah, the you clone and the Ran clone, right?"
"... Yeah. They were kinda... kidnapped."
"What?"
So, for the third time that night, Shinichi explained the story. When he was done, he was met with silence on the other end. "Heiji?"
"Hang on, it's processin'."
"Okay."
"... I'm on my way, Kudo." Just as Heiji said this, Shinichi heard a sound in the background.
"Heiji..? Heiji, who are you talking to?" It was a just-woken up Kazhuaa.
"Shinichi. Hey, listen, I'll be back later on, okay? Something big's up." The sound of muffled argument. Heiji must have covered the mouthpiece. When Heiji came back on, he sighed.
"Kazhuaa's coming too, okay?"
Shinichi nodded, even though Heiji wasn't psychic and couldn't see him. "Yeah. We'll probably need all the help we can get. Thanks."
A/N: Okay, more involvement with characters. Progress. Yay! Eventually, the storyline will get actually interesting. x.x sorry, guys, but I just need Shinichi to enlist everyone's help. In fact, I'm thinking of switching back to Kari's viewpoint and seeing KID. Hm.. It's a processing thought. What do you all think?
Hope you enjoyed!
(by the way, finished The Killing Hour)
